weeeeelllllllllllll….
a group of small business owners bought this billboard outside of wyoming, minnesota “who feel like Washington is against them. They wish to remain anonymous. They thought it was a fun way of getting out their message.” for a few news cycles, there was speculation that the billboard was a fake but bob collin’s [...]
lunchtime distraction: superbowl ad review
no doubt you were bombarded with “best ad” re-caps this morning as you were downing your tomato juice/raw-egg combo before work today. in case you missed any of the ads, or you’re too under-the-weather to do anything productive, our friends at coca-cola have sponsored an ad viewing site on hulu (watch all the ads here). [...]
oh bugger off
advertisers in great britain are on a roll this week. in addition to the ad we featured earlier, another ad popped up and angered the people there–it read “career women make bad mothers.” about it, one woman said “I am completely disgusted; the words completely put women down. In this day and age women do [...]
…and not with a “ph”
one week in to the new year, how’s it going with that resolution to lose some lbs? health-minded gym goers in the u.k. are no dount wondering if the gym overcrowding can be blamed on the new year’s resolution or on the posters advertising the country’s largest independent gym–the cadbury house hotel gym. ads for [...]
ads of christmas past
the love of all things madmen must have made the folks at oddee dig up these old ads from christmases past. i couldn’t decide which one i liked better to share, the smokin’ santa or the stocking stuffer gun–as you can see, i went with the gun. to take a closer look at more ads, click [...]
huh?
i think this just means you’re an idiot for participating in the creation of this ad.
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who’s next, mrs. butterfield?
here’s an interesting story sent to us by a reader–the sun-maid raisin girl has had some work done.this is interesting because since its inception, the sun-maid girl’s image has been fiercely protected by the company to maintain wholesomeness–she was “was inspired by a real person – lorraine collett petersen, who in 1915 lived in the [...]
